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08-24-2003, 02:02 PM
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Slainte, everyone!
I just finished Anne Lamott's Blue Shoe and absolutely loved it! I'm off on a Jonathan Franzen kick, now, finally getting 'round to The Corrections and his essays, How to Be Alone.
I also read Joyce and assorted Tarot and magickial texts, daily, due to list memberships, reference, &c.
Cheerio!
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08-29-2003, 03:40 PM
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Location: Riverside, California
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Just finished reading "Survivor" and "Lullaby" by Chuck Palahniuk
Currently re-re-re-reading "The Gift" by Patrick O'Leary
Will soon be reading "The Wasteland" by T.S. Eliot
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08-30-2003, 09:55 PM
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Location: Denton, Texas
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I'm reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. I'm going to start Beowolf pretty soon; as soon as I go out and buy it. I'm also reading A Widow For One Year by John Irving (a fantastic author, really).
Does anyone have any good suggestions for a girl who enjoys reading non-fiction and has an interest in Psychology?
~Krysten
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08-30-2003, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY
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I stopped reading Druids a little while ago - it's a DREADFULLY boring nonfiction. Seriously, don't read it unless you're a Celtic historian on a refresher course. I couldn't even finish it.
Now I'm reading War of the Flowers, by Tad Williams. It's good. I like Tad Williams. This book is a definite change of style for him, and though I don't entirely appreciate it, it's still good readin'.
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08-30-2003, 10:58 PM
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Location: Austin
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I'm reading Game Over by David Sheff. Very interesting book about Nintendo's history. This is the fourth time I've read it.
I'm also reading LOTR for the fourth time. I'm in the middle of Two Towers.
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08-30-2003, 11:27 PM
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Lame O Rama, have you read Reviving Ophelia yet? I'm reading it right now and it's wonderful. It's by a psychologist and she recounts tales of various clients who are adolescent girls. And she talks about various struggles of staying true to yourself.
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Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. -Virginia Woolf
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09-26-2003, 12:35 PM
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Location: New Jersey
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Laurie R. King's The Beekeeper's Apprentice for the second time . . . I love her characters SO much! 
Next I'll be reading Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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09-26-2003, 01:41 PM
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Location: Florida, USA
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I know, I'm 'past' the age 'limit', but I have made a decision that I am going to fully read the Harry Potter Series (starting tomorrow) as there is so much hype about them...even in the older teen age-group.
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09-26-2003, 02:06 PM
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Location: Land of Ghosts
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I'm reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Timeright now.. You can either be obsessed with it or hate it.. I'm obsessed with it.
I'm going to read Jacqueline Carey soon.. And Terry Brooks maybe. And I just finished Charles deLint's Dreams Underfoot. A wonderful book.
Anyone has any advice on evil, black and gore fantasy??
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09-26-2003, 02:30 PM
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Location: NJ
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Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere". I'm in my Neil Gaiman raid now.
I just finished raiding Jennifer Roberson's Cheysuli series (8 books. Before that 3 others from her list as well.)
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10-03-2003, 09:04 AM
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At the moment, I'm rereading the Robert Jordan series for about the fifth time. I have no life!
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A minifridge... The doll house of the alcoholic.
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10-03-2003, 06:36 PM
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Lately I've been absorbing Orlando, by Virginia Woolf. It's one of the most imaginative and intuitive books I've ever read. I've found that her words linger in my memory long after I've put the book down and I find myself reciting passages that visit me at odd hours uninvited.
Also reading,
The Virtue of Selfishness, by Ayn Rand
The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, by Clifford Pickover [who can say no?]
Next,
House of Leaves, by Mark Danielewski [the council of the grape vine has convened, summoned and demanded I read this for circulation's sake, not that I object, for the grape-vine is as wise as it is long]
Bible, by X authors
Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott
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10-06-2003, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Farror
I have no life!
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Having a life? You mean there's such a thing? I must explore this phenomenon...
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10-06-2003, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by AdamR
I know, I'm 'past' the age 'limit', but I have made a decision that I am going to fully read the Harry Potter Series (starting tomorrow) as there is so much hype about them...even in the older teen age-group.
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You are going to love them all. The books are just so fantastic and imaginative!
Here is my record:
(1) One-day for the First Book
(2) One-day for the Second Book
(3) One-day for the Third Book
(4) One-and-a-half-days for the Fourth Book
(5) Two-days for the Fifth Book
Have fun!
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10-07-2003, 11:17 AM
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Location: Florida, USA
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Originally Posted by Rage2Fury
Here is my record:
Have fun!
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I'll attempt that fast...don't know if I'll make it.
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